Plus DJ mixes from the Emily Sound archive; dance excerpts are from “If My Verse Is Alive. . . ” with New ARTiculations & short theater works are from Stories That Soar! based on community writing during Big Read Tucson.

$8 in advance gets you a limited edition cake fork hand engraved with an Emily first line of poetry, by Janet Miller, & admittance into the Club. Available to the first 30 buyers. Purchase here: http://korepress.org/bigreadfinale.htm

$10 suggested donation at the door for entrance into the Club’s performance party.

This World is not Conclusion. . .
Reading through Emily Dickinson’s poems, we will consider our own “ethopoetics” and what “nibbles at the soul.” We will engage in several “experiments of attention,” utilizing montage, dream, “story,” collaboration, and a form of modal structure. Waldman will discuss her own praxis and composition in relation to her books:Manatee/Humanity (Penguin Poets, 2009) and The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment (Coffee House Press, 2011).

Some familiarity with Dickinson’s and Waldman’s work is helpful but not necessary.

Writing Woman: Dickinson’s Lines of Resistance
A lecture by UA Professor Susan Aiken that explores Dickinson’s subversive play with gender in poems that question her culture’s dominant assumptions about both women and poetry. Dr Aiken will place Dickinson within her historical context and talk about her poetics of resistance: her nuanced, witty, and subversive critique of dominant conceptions of gender, women, and poetry.

An Evening of Dickinson inspired performances with New ARTiculations,Katherine Ferrier of The Architects, and Vicki Brown

Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $40 for VIP seating and reception

Evening length performance of Emily Dickinson inspired dances by New ARTiculations Dance Theater (a series of solos and an ensemble piece); with Katherine Ferrier (of The Architects) and new musical compositions by Vicki Brown.

Ticket Options

VIP Seating & Reception $40.00

Nov. 19, 2011 from 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Himmel Park library lawn

Dickinson Tribute Chess Tournament with 9 Queens

Three rounds of chess held outdoors to celebrate Dickinson’s sometimes puzzle-like poems and love of the garden. The tournament also features poetry readings between matches and Dickinson-inspired prizes. Lunch will be served.

Nov. 20, 2011 from 2 – 4 p.m.

Tucson High School Auditorium

Community & Youth showcase, $5

Performances by Stories That Soar! based on writing generated by the community and students, Slamming Emily poets, works in translation and more.

Dec. 10, 2011

Party for Emily

Second Saturday, Downtown

To celebrate Emily Dickinson’s birthday and close out our Big Read Tucson, we will host a public party to share the highlights from the 10-weeks. Check back for updated details about our final showcase event and the exciting conclusion to our Big Read programming.

September – December, 2011

Roving Tucson Events

The life and work of Emily Dickinson

During the 10-weeks of Big Read Tucson, Public libraries will host reading/discussions and writing workshops led by MFA students and community poets. Poems will appear on Sun Tran Buses and projected onto buildings at night. 21st c. Emily D portraits will be created by area artists and high school students. A Dickinson mural will be painted on a prominent public wall downtown. Tucson’s pastry chefs will present their signature version of a Dickinson recipe. Tucson readers will present Dickinson poems or letters, 3-mintes at a time, to the City Council every Tuesday. Check our website and find us on Facebook and Twitter for scheduling and programming updates, including where you can find the semi-weekly Pop-Up Emily event.